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Frank Weston Benson

Summer,

Maker

  • Frank Weston Benson

Title

Summer

Medium

oil paint

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Oil on canvas

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

91.8 x 113 cm (36 1/8 x 44 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed LL:F.W. Benson, 1909

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Bequest of Isaac C. Bates

Object Number

13.912

Summer

Teaching Notes/ Imagining the Americas

Read Online

Selected Works

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Selection VII

American Painting from the Museum's Collection, c.1800-1930

Signature: Signed LL:F.W. Benson, 1909

Publications

Teaching Notes/ Imagining the Americas

Read Online

Selected Works

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Selection VII

American Painting from the Museum's Collection, c.1800-1930

Exhibition History

American Art from the Permanent Collection

May 1, 2010 - August 31, 2014

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

An American Idyll

April 6, 2007 - January 6, 2008

From the Reserve IV

July 22 - October 2, 1994

Romanticism and Revival

December 4, 1992 - June 26, 1993

Following the Light

September 20 - November 10, 1991

The Ocean

August 17 - October 7, 1990

Selection VII

March 31 - May 8, 1977

Days Gone By

July 1 - September 26, 1971
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